Hundreds of miners near the city of Lugansk were blocked in the de-energized mine

About 90 miners were still underground due to an emergency de-energizing of the mine in the Ukraine-controlled village of Toshkovka, Luhansk region. This was reported in the Facebook press-service of the company “Lugansk energy Association”.

It is noted that the company will mobilize all forces to rescue people assembled crews to restore power to the mine.

According to the company, the accident happened because of the storm. Without electricity remained two thousand of the inhabitants of Severodonetsk.

The press service of the company said that the instability of the power system of the Luhansk region arose due to lack of proper maintenance over the past year and a half. Since the beginning of summer in the region recorded more than 200 power outages, no light was only a few thousand people.